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TikTok Troubles: Why security concerns about the platform keep causing worry
•China's foreign ministry has accused the United States itself of spreading disinformation about TikTok's potential security risks
TikTok sets one-hour screen time limit for teens: How will it work?
•TikTok says every account held by a user under the age of 18 will automatically be set to a 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks amid growing concerns about the app's security
Explained: How to oust Elon Musk and save Twitter
•For Twitter, a hybrid of a cooperative and a public ownership model would be a better method of validation and certification than simply paying for a blue tick, allowing users to benefit financially and socially from the platform's success. It also allows Elon Musk to cut his losses and exit Twitter
Twitter stops users from sharing links to Instagram, Mastodon, deletes policy after facing backlash from users
Mehul Das •After stopping users from posting links to posts or profiles from other social media platforms, Elon Musk and Twitter did a quick U-turn, after facing backlash even from Musk’s supporters.
Elon Musk polls Twitter users to decide if he should stay in charge of social media platform
•In public banter with Twitter followers, Musk expressed pessimism about the prospects for a new CEO, saying that person 'must like pain a lot' to run a company that 'has been in the fast lane to bankruptcy'
The Next Big Bird in Town: Can India’s Koo succeed in replacing Twitter?
Fp Explainers •As Twitter sees massive turmoil with Elon Musk’s takeover, several of its users are migrating to India’s homegrown platform Koo. Founded in 2020, it has already seen over 50 million downloads this year. It was recently launched in Brazil and will be available in the US soon
Explained: How Elon Musk's control of Twitter has driven employees to quit
•Since Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, hundreds of employees have decided to depart with three months of severance pay. The mass exits in a compressed period has raised questions about how the social media platform will keep operating effectively
Twitter users are switching to Mastodon: What is this social network?
Fp Explainers •Why tweet when you can toot? Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has prompted people to look for alternative platforms. One of the biggest beneficiaries is Mastodon — a decentralised, ad-free microblogging site founded in 2016
Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover. What changes will the billionaire introduce?
Fp Explainers •‘Chief Twit’ Elon Musk has long had ideas to make Twitter ‘maximum amazing’. With his takeover completed, the billionaire could make updates such as reinstating Donald Trump and defeating spam bots
A look at WhatsApp and its many outages
Fp Explainers •WhatsApp went down for nearly two hours today with users in several countries unable to send or receive messages. Last year in October, Meta-owned Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram had suffered a similar outage for nearly six hours